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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa (R) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Harare(Xinhua/Shaun Jusa) HARARE, March 8 (Xinhua) — Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday met Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss ways of boosting bilateral ties between the two countries. During the visit, the two countries signed three cooperation agreements on industry […]

Reuters File Photo A pair of Indonesian Islamic universities are pushing female students to ditch niqab face veils — with one threatening expulsion for non-compliance — as concerns grow over rising fundamentalism in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation. Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University said it issued the edict this week to more than three dozen […]

Mourners in Florence for Davide Astori’s funeral. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP Thousands of mourners and the cream of Italian football gave an emotional sendoff on Thursday to Fiorentina player Davide Astori, whose sudden death at the age of 31 has shocked the country. Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and his Juventus teammate Giorgio Chiellini were among those […]

Tillerson upon his arrival in Ethiopia Source : Fana Rex Tillerson has arrived in Addis Ababa yesterday for an official visit to Ethiopia as part of this tour of five African countries which analysts say is a sort of apology for Donald Trump’s characterization of African countries as “shithole.” He arrived in Ethiopia on the […]

The crown prince vowed to promote religious freedom during his meeting with Archbishopof Canterbury Justin Welby in Lambeth. (Supplied) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has met with the Archbishop of Canterbury on the second day of his historic visit to the United Kingdom. The crown prince vowed to promote religious freedom during his meeting […]

Addis Ababa, Mar 8 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopian Airlines dispatched today an all-female flight crew to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on International Women”s Day. This is the first flight with these characteristics from the Ethiopia airline to the South American city, operating the B787 Dreamliner, although this is not the first time that the main Africa aviator […]

File image of a police officer patrolling in Vienna. Two women and a man from the same family were seriously injured in a knife attack in central Vienna on Wednesday evening, local police said. “At 19:45pm (1845 GMT), three people were stabbed by an attacker,” Vienna police said on its Twitter account. The victims were an Austrian family; […]

Movements for Muslim women to seek roles in national leadership have increased rapidly. Greater opportunities for women in education have further encouraged their involvement in politics 7 Muslim Female Political Leaders You Should Definitely Know It is true that in most parts of the world, presidents as well as ministers are male. But there are […]

UK investigators are working to establish the source of a nerve agent they believe was used to try to kill a Russian ex-spy and his daughter. On Wednesday counter terrorism police said the case was being treated as attempted murder via a nerve agent. Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were found unconscious […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. © Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Sputnik Rex Tillerson’s criticism of China’s policy in Africa is not exactly appropriate, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He also slammed the US for interfering in other countries’ affairs, pursuing neo-imperialist ambitions. Lavrov’s statements came on Thursday after he met with Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa […]